Entry level jobs for the Social Welfare sector

About the role:

This role plays a key part in delivering a high-quality, front-facing customer service to residents, visitors, and partners during daytime operational hours.

As the first point of contact, the postholder will provide a professional, welcoming, and efficient service at reception, responding to queries, supporting residents, and coordinating with internal teams to ensure a smooth and positive customer experience.

The role is primarily weekend-based (Saturday and Sunday), with flexibility required to cover weekday shifts during periods of annual leave, sickness, or increased operational demand.

WORKING PATTERN

• Primary working days: Saturday and Sunday
• Shift times: 8:00am – 8:00pm
• Flexibility required to cover weekday shifts where needed
• Occasional attendance at training or meetings during weekdays

RESPONSIBILITIES & ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide a professional, friendly, and welcoming reception service at all times
• Act as the first point of contact for residents, visitors, and stakeholders
• Manage a high volume of face-to-face, phone, and email enquiries
• Ensure all visitors are appropriately greeted, managed, and directed
• Respond to resident queries promptly and effectively
• Escalate complex issues to the relevant teams (housing, support, maintenance)
• Maintain regular communication with internal departments to resolve issues efficiently
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive environment for residents
• Support the day-to-day running of the building and front-of-house services
• Manage post and parcel distribution accurately and securely
• Maintain booking systems, logs, and records as required
• Assist with coordinating appointments and service access
• Ensure communal areas are clean, safe, and welcoming throughout the shift
• Monitor activity within the building and report any concerns appropriately
• Follow all health and safety procedures, including incident reporting
• Support emergency procedures in line with organisational policy
• Accurately record interactions, incidents, and tasks using internal systems
• Maintain shift handover notes to ensure continuity of service
• Follow organisational processes and procedures consistently
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across departments
• Provide cover for colleagues during absences and busy periods
• Attend team meetings and training sessions as required

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

• Experience in a customer service, front-of-house, or concierge role
• Experience working in a fast-paced, customer-facing environment
• Experience handling enquiries and resolving issues

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong customer service focus with a professional and approachable manner
• Good IT skills (e.g. Microsoft Office, email, databases)
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively
• Understanding of confidentiality and professional boundaries

Abilities

• Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure
• Ability to problem-solve and respond to a range of situations
• Ability to build positive relationships with a diverse range of people

Personal Qualities

• Friendly, approachable, and reliable
• Proactive and organised
• Patient, empathetic, and respectful
• Honest and dependable

Desirable

• Experience in supported housing, residential settings, or community services
• Knowledge of safeguarding and resident welfare practices

For more than 140 years, the Forces Employment Charity has proudly supported Service leavers, veterans, and their families in building successful civilian careers. We provide veterans with life-long, life-changing support, jobs, and training opportunities, regardless of circumstances, rank, length of service, or reason for leaving. By working for FEC, you will become part of a vibrant team living the charity’s values: Expert, Supportive, Passionate, Open and Honest, Resilient, and Collaborative.

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Brief role description

The Custody Support and Case Worker (CSCW) will enrol participants, enhance job readiness, and provide ongoing support through positive relationships. Responsibilities include signposting relevant activities, addressing barriers and coordinating post-release opportunities. This role involves extensive engagement with participants and partner organisations to ensure a seamless transition and support continuity.

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Who we are looking for

We are seeking a highly organised and self-motivated individual with a strong ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, building positive relationships at all levels, who brings excellent IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook, alongside a confident and outgoing approach supported by strong communication, interpersonal and influencing abilities. You will have well-developed presentation and planning skills and be able to engage and motivate individuals, while working comfortably both independently and as part of a tea, taking ownership of your performance, maintaining strong organisational standards, contributing to your ongoing professional development and applying a proactive, solutions-focused approach in a dynamic environment. ​

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Interested? Want to know more about the Charity? Check out our website.

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Eager to know more about the role? Have a look at the Job Description.

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What’s in it for you? Check out our Benefits.

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Have we convinced you to apply? If so, submit your CV and Covering Letter by ​Friday, 19 June 2026.

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Got questions about the role? Get in touch with the People Team at Forces Employment Charity.

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Please note: Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert; therefore, we may at any time bring the closing date forward. We encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible. If you are an internal applicant, please ensure you have made The People Team aware before applying. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff by fostering an inclusive, supportive environment where everyone, including those with disabilities, can thrive, develop, and achieve their full potential. We actively encourage applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and ensure reasonable adjustments are made to support candidates with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. We actively recruit citizens of all backgrounds, but the nature of our work in specific departments means that residency and security requirements can be more tightly defined than others. You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process.

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Job Title: Investment Operations Officer

Department: Core Team (Middle Office)

Reports to: Risk and Investment Operations Senior Manager 

Grade: Officer - Core

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £38,000 - £42,000 (depending on experience)

Location: Hybrid - London, EC1Y and homeworking

About Better Society Capital (BSC):

Better Society Capital (BSC) is the UK's leading social impact-led investor. Our mission is to grow the amount of money invested in tackling social issues and inequalities in the UK; we do this by investing ourselves and enabling others to invest for impact too.  Since 2011, we have helped the social impact investment market grow twelve-fold to over £10 billion. This capital has financed social purpose organisations tackling everything from homelessness to mental health and fuel poverty. BSC manages £634m of its own investments as well as acting as portfolio manager for the Schroder BSC Social Impact Investment Trust (SBSI) managing its £83m portfolio. As BSC begins delivering its next five-year strategy, the organisation is embarking on a period of significant opportunity, growth and impact.

The opportunity:

The Investment Operations Officer is responsible for supporting the day-to-day operational activities of investment funds. This role ensures the accuracy, efficiency, and integrity of fund processes, including trade settlement, reconciliation, operational checks for cash management, and data management. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills with attention to detail and an understanding of financial markets. 

What you will do:

• Monitor and support daily fund operations, including trade processing, settlements, drawdown checks, account opening

• Perform reconciliations across custodians, brokers, and internal systems to ensure data accuracy, counterparty management

• Liaise with internal teams (portfolio management, compliance, risk) and external parties (custodians, administrators, auditors)

• Maintain and improve operational processes and controls

• Fund documentation ingestion management and data inputs

• Project management and assistance with Investment team’s post investment decision deal onboarding

• Prepare periodic reporting requests / questionnaires for external stakeholders

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, and support ongoing compliance reporting of the business

• Support KYC/CDD processes for all investment and advisory relationships 

• Participate in at least one ‘BSC Citizenship’ activity, helping to make BSC a great place to work – this could be helping to organise our summer or winter social, joining the Staff Council or helping with health and safety

What you will bring:

Qualifications & Experience

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience of your excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Experience of working in an environment where high level of attention to detail and accuracy is vital 

Desirable

• 1–3 years of experience in fund operations, asset management, or financial services (preferred but not mandatory)  

• Understanding of financial instruments (particularly alternatives) is preferred but not mandatory  

• Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with AI, CRM and PMS systems 

Skills, Abilities and Attributes

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills 

• A genuinely service-orientated outlook – you take pride in making things run well 

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities 

• Collaborative, with a hands-on approach to pro-actively solving problems with others and with a solution orientated mindset – someone who anticipates needs rather than waits to be asked 

• Prior knowledge or interest in social enterprise, charity or impact related work 

Embody Better Society Capital core values:

Ø  Purposeful –We are passionate and energetic in our work to bring about our long-term vision of a thriving social investment market that enables positive social impact.

Ø  Pioneering Spirit - We give our team the autonomy and flexibility to be entrepreneurial and creative. We have the courage to push boundaries and a restless drive for change

Ø  Openness - We listen, learn, experiment and collaborate.  And we are adaptive and flexible in responding to what we learn.

Ø  Rigorous - We take a rigorous approach in all we do.  We expect the highest standards and continually strive for excellence

Ø  Respectful - We are genuine in both our approach and aspiration.  We value each member of our team and our partners for what they bring.

Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from racialised communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How to apply:

Please apply via Applied which is designed to minimise unconscious bias in recruitment. We will review your CV and two written answers which should answer the two following prompts: 

 1. Think of one piece of professional work from the last 3 years that best demonstrates why you’d be a strong fit for this role at Better Society Capital. Please cover: 

• Context - Where were you working and what was the goal? 

• Your role - What were you personally responsible for? 

• Two key decision you made - What options did you consider, and why did you choose the path you did? 

• Impact - What changed as a result? Please include any concrete outcomes (numbers, stakeholder feedback, decisions taken, etc.). 

• Looking back - What, if anything, would you do differently now, and why? 

2. We want to understand why you are interested in a career here at BSC. Tell us about a time where you tried to do something to create a positive change. 

• What was the goal? 

• Did it happen? 

• What did you learn about yourself along the way? 

Your answers should be no longer than 250 words each 

NB We do screen for applications that appear to be heavily generated by AI. You’re welcome to use AI tools to support small edits, such as improving grammar, structure or clarity, but your CV and supporting answer should reflect your own experience, knowledge, skills and motivations. Applications that feel authentic and genuinely personal are most likely to receive a 5-star score. 

Closing Date:  9am - Wednesday 10th June 2026

Interviews

• Initial Screening calls will be held 17/18th June 

• Round 1 interview (virtual) will be held w/c 22nd June 

• Round 2 interview (in-person) will be held w/c 29th June 

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be considered for an initial screening interview. When application numbers are high and we are unable to interview everyone who meets the minimum criteria, we will prioritise those who best meet the essential requirements of the role.

We are defining a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, as a person who has a physical or mental impairment, and the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. You will be asked in your Applied application whether this applies to you.

If you have a disability or other access needs and require any support to assist you through the recruitment process, please get in touch.

You can find out more about our recruitment approach here

Other terms

Location: We are a UK-based business with an office in the Old Street area of London, accessible via a number of public transport links. Colleagues typically spend 40% - 60% of their working hours in the office, and the remainder from home. However, the exact requirements for this role can be discussed at interview. We hope that this working pattern encourages Better Society Capital employees to achieve a healthy balance between work and personal life, as we adapt to the needs of our diverse workforce.

Right to work: We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role. Candidates need to have the existing right to work in the UK and for the duration of employment to be considered. 

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Better Society Capital is committed to being a diverse organisation that is truly representative of the communities we serve. We therefore welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, particularly those under-represented in the social impact investment sector (e.g. people from LGBTQIA+, racialised, disabled, or under-served communities).

We are an equal opportunities employer with an inclusive environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential. We want every colleague to be able to deliver their work with dignity, equality, comfort and independence. Our office is fully accessible with step-free access and an open-plan set up. We are open to accommodation requests regarding assistive technologies, accessibility tools, flexible working or any other reasonable adjustments that will make working or visiting here more accessible for you. If you have a disability or other access needs and require any support to assist you through the recruitment process, please get in touch .

Prisoners Abroad is a unique human rights and welfare charity providing advice and support to people affected by overseas imprisonment. We help British people during their incarceration, when they return to the UK and need resettlement services, and we also support their family throughout the trauma. It doesn’t matter to us the reasons people find themselves in need of our services – and we never judge. Our range of services make sure they survive, mentally and physically, so that they can face the future with hope.

We are looking for a Philanthropy Officer to support and grow our well-established major donor programme at an exciting point in our organisational development, following the launch of our new five-year strategy.

About the role

As our Philanthropy Officer, you will support the delivery of our major donor programme, helping to steward a committed community of donors and ensuring that relationships, communications and records are managed accurately and professionally.

You will provide high-quality supporter care, carry out research to identify new prospects, and help coordinate cultivation, solicitation and stewardship activity so that donors feel valued and informed about the impact of their support.

Working closely with the Head of Giving & Communications and wider Fundraising team, you will support the planning and delivery of major donor activity, including coordinating communications and events, maintaining donor data and contributing to reporting.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for someone with around two years experience in fundraising, ideally with exposure to individual giving or major donor fundraising, and so this role would suit someone early in their fundraising career who is looking to specialise in major donor fundraising, and keen to learn how to build and steward high-value relationships that generates income and long-term support.

You will be highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines. You will be a strong communicator, confident building relationships with supporters and colleagues, and motivated to deliver a high standard of supporter care.

To apply

To apply for this position, please read the job pack which provides lots of information about the charity, the role and how to apply.

The deadline for applications is 10am Thursday 18th June, however we will be reviewing applications as we receive them, so please apply when you are ready and you may be contacted about your application before the closing date. To ensure inclusivity, all applications received up to the closing date will be considered equally.

About the Role

Off The Fence is seeking a strategic, relationship-driven fundraiser to drive income growth across the most sustainable revenue streams in the UK charity sector. As Legacies, Philanthropy & Partnerships Lead, you will play a pivotal role in securing major gifts, building a strong legacy pipeline, and developing high-value partnerships that will underpin our ambitious, faith-driven10-year vision to break the cycle of social and spiritual poverty in Brighton & Hove and beyond.

This is a unique opportunity for a mission-motivated fundraiser to combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, working closely with the CEO to cultivate high-net-worth donors, engage churches, and inspire long-term support through meaningful relationships and compelling storytelling.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead legacy fundraising strategy, growing a pipeline of pledged gifts and developing initiatives such as legacy campaigns and supporter recognition programmes.
• Cultivate high-net-worth individuals and donor-advised fund supporters, securing significant multi-year contributions.
• Build and strengthen church partnerships, delivering presentations and developing co-mission opportunities aligned with our faith-based values.
• Develop and steward individual donors, improving retention and creating clear pathways for increased giving.
• Deliver fundraising events and campaigns, including major events, community initiatives, and seasonal appeals.
• Develop corporate and community partnerships, generating both financial and in-kind support.
• Monitor and report on income performance, ensuring compliance and maintaining accurate CRM records.

About You

You’ll be a confident and relational fundraiser with a proven ability to grow income and build meaningful partnerships. You will bring:

• Experience in fundraising (ideally across legacies, major gifts, or HNW donors)
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• A strategic mindset with strong delivery capability
• A passion for social impact and transforming lives

Please note: A requirement of the role is for the post-holder to be a practising Christian in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Why Join Us?

At Off The Fence, you’ll be part of a compassionate and ambitious organisation working at the frontline of social and spiritual poverty, homelessness, and social exclusion in Brighton and Hove. You’ll help shape long-term impact through innovative programmes and a bold vision for the future.

We offer:

• £30,000 salary + 7% pension contribution
• 34 days annual leave (incl. bank holidays)
• Training and development opportunities
• Mission leave for volunteering and spiritual growth
• 24/7 wellbeing support (BUPA EAP)
• The chance to make a tangible difference to over 1,000 lives each year

Reception Administrator

St Pauls Advice Centre is recruiting a Reception Administrator to provide a professional, welcoming front-of-house service for clients, partners, and visitors.

This is a key operational role. You will be the first point of contact and play a central part in making sure people can access the right help, at the right time, in the right way.

About St Pauls Advice Centre

We work to reduce poverty and inequality by providing free, independent advice on social welfare law.
Our services include debt, benefits, housing, immigration, and related issues.
Demand is high and growing, particularly in communities facing multiple disadvantages.

 The role

You will:

• Welcome clients and visitors in person and by phone.
• Triage enquiries and identify what support is needed.
• Provide clear information and manage expectations about waiting times and processes.
• Handle incoming calls, messages, and post.
• Carry out general administrative tasks to support the wider team.

This role requires calm judgement, good communication, and the ability to manage competing demands in a busy environment.

 What we are looking for

You will have:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Fluent spoken and written English.

Desirable:

• A community language such as Somali, Hindi, or Urdu.
• Experience in a reception, customer service, or advice setting.

Pay and conditions

• Salary: £11,680.29 actual salary
  (£27,254 full-time equivalent, NJC point 9)
• Hours: 15 hours per week
  Working days: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• Annual leave: 30 days full-time equivalent, pro rata
  Plus 3 additional days between Christmas and New Year
• Pension: 5% employer contribution
• Employer: Living Wage Employer

Working for us:
St Pauls Advice Centre can now be found above the Junction 3 Library in Easton. The building is fully accessible, offers secure bike storage, good transport links and free on street parking.

We are proud to have a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people of all ethnicities, disabilities, faiths, genders, sexual orientations, ages, and lived experiences. We recognise that people may have different access needs, caring responsibilities, cultural commitments, or religious practices that affect their working patterns. We are open to discussing flexible and accessible ways of working wherever possible.

Closing date: Monday 22 June 2026 at 10:00 am
Interviews: Wednesday 1st July 2026

About Us

Bridges Outcomes Partnerships (BOP) is a not-for-profit social enterprise that works alongside Government, community groups and specialist Delivery partners to design and deliver vital services that support people to improve their lives, in areas ranging from housing and employment to education and health & wellbeing.

The role of BOP spans project development (working with Government and others to design and launch the service), project management (coordinating the delivery phase, managing performance, and liaising with the various stakeholders) and project finance (funding the project until it starts to earn outcomes payments). Our own funding comes from a group of pioneering social investors, including The Office for Civil Society, Big Society Capital, Pilotlight, Trust for London, who, like us, are motivated by improving lives and changing the system for the better.

About Kirklees Better Outcomes Partnership (KBOP)

KBOP is a mission driven social enterprise working with a partnership of expert delivery organisation to provide floating support to vulnerable people across Kirklees. Through following an asset-based approach focusing on people’s strengths and aspirations, we enable people to secure accommodation and to give them the skills required to sustain these tenancies independently over time, with a key focus on helping people into employment. 

The project is an outcomes contract where we are paid for enabling people to achieve positive improvements in their lives relating to accommodation, education, employment and wellbeing. This model allows flexibility in how the service is delivered with a focus on evolving the service delivery model over time to best enable the people we support. The role of KBOP is to drive continuous improvement across the service, set the strategy for the programme, and manage key stakeholder relationships, including with Kirklees Council, the service commissioner.

About the Opportunity:

The Initial Engagement Co-ordinator is a pivotal role to the function of KBOP. Working alongside the Team Leader and KBOP Central Hub, the role is the first point of contact for any individual or referring body seeking to access support from KBOP.

The responsibility of this role is to listen and understand the experiences of anyone contacting KBOP to determine how our service can support and enable them to overcome their current challenges, achieving their goals and ambitions. Ensuring that individuals feel supported from the first point of accessing KBOP and any immediate needs met with verbal advice, support and guidance over the phone.

This role will determine that anyone referred into the service is eligible and all information required to ensure to direct someone to the most suitable delivery partner, is available on the referral form. Signposting to alternative services if KBOP cannot meet their requirements.

Key Responsibilities

· To engage with individuals contacting KBOP in a positive, asset focused way. Ensuring they feel heard and empowered to make their own decisions regarding the support they would like to receive.

· Clarifying ambitions, needs and eligibility of individuals seeking to access support from KBOP. Redirecting to other services if they do not have a housing need or currently accessing support from other services in Kirklees.

· If individual does have a housing need or is not currently supported by another services in Kirklees, assessing presenting ambition or needs to determine suitability for KBOP service.

· Once suitability has been confirmed,  providing initial advice, support and guidance to individuals or referring bodies seeking to access support from KBOP. Supporting any individual with low level guidance & interventions to ensure their needs are met and ambitions supported.

· Responding to any enquiry into the KBOP service. This will be via phone or email.

· Identify eligibility of initial enquiries to KBOP service – checking for completion of referral form & signature of participant giving consent. If individual is not eligible for the service redirecting to another suitable service within Kirklees.

· Ensuring all information fields on initial referral have been completed – prioritising personal contact information to ensure Delivery Partners have the right information to engage individuals as quickly as possible.

· Updating applicable IT systems such as CDP Soft to ensure all relevant data is recorded in the system.

· Working with the central KBOP team to determine suitable Delivery Partner and updating system accordingly.

· Contacting referral body or individual seeking to access KBOP to confirm outcome of the initial process.

·  Acting at all times in a positive, empowering, courteous and supportive manner to ensure any individual feels engaged with the KBOP programme.

Key Skills and Attributes for this role:

· Desire to support a unique impact-led project

· Commitment to listening to and empowering individuals to make their own choices.

· Good interpersonal skills with an ability to build rapport with a range of stakeholders

· High level of IT literacy with exceptional competence in excel

· Self motivated with an ability to work independently.

· Problem-solving skills

· Good analytical skills

· A methodical and logical approach

· Ability to plan work and meet deadlines

· Accuracy and attention to detail

· Able to work independently and as part of a team.

· Good standard of written and verbal communication skills. Able to collate and share information effectively. 

· Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

· Experience of working in a Local Authority context

· Experience of assessing referrals into or delivery of support services in Kirklees

What we will offer you

• We are a flexible employer and we will support you to ensure you achieve a healthy work life balance.

• You will be joining an incredibly dedicated, vibrant, dynamic and talented team of people who are deeply passionate about services which improve people’s lives and public sector reform.

• You will get 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 days for bank holidays plus a birthday leave day and 2 additional ‘gifted’ day/s between Christmas and New Year.

• We offer a Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme with 5% Employer contribution

• We offer 4 x Life Insurance, Income Protection Insurance and Wellbeing benefits & resources.

• We also offer Private Medical Insurance on successful completion of your probation period (for permanent roles)

• You will be able to access Learning and Development opportunities.

Application process/next steps

PLEASE NOTE - we are only accepting applications through the Applied recruitment platform 

You’ll answer some questions that are related to the day-to-day job and will be asked to upload your CV. Your answers will go through our sift process: all answers will be anonymised, randomised and then reviewed by a panel of reviewers.

NB We value authenticity are looking for applications that genuinely reflect your own experience, skills, and motivation for the role. While we recognise that some candidates may use AI tools for light support (for example, to check grammar or structure), we ask that all answers and application content are predominantly your own work. This helps ensure a fair and meaningful assessment of every application.

If you are shortlisted, we’ll invite you to the next step, which will be first and second round interviews with some of our colleagues.

Bridges Outcomes Partnerships is an equal opportunities employer and ensures that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and will make reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process for candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please note, for this particular role candidates will require Right to Work in the UK.

Location: Home-based in London with regular Project visits within London and the South East

Contract: Permanent

As Volunteer and Community Support Officer you will support the London & South East Area Manager and Regional Managers with volunteer recruitment, documentation of training (such as DBS, references, Food Safety Level 2, First Aid), giving our volunteers a fantastic experience, guest outreach and giving extra support to our London & South East projects as and when required to aid development within the region.

As well as projects across London, our projects include projects across the South Coast and South East and this role will require regular visits across the area. 

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays, and additional holiday for length of service (pro-rata for part-time). Plus, everyone gets an extra day off on their birthday! Our health and wellbeing cash plan allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.

How to apply:  Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website: 

Deadline for your application:  11.59pm on Sunday 21st June 2026.

Interviews: planned for Tuesday 30th June 2026.

Inclusivity: At FoodCycle, we are committed to being an equitable, diverse and inclusive organisation. Our vision is to create a working and service environment where every individual is treated with dignity, respect, and fairness. We want everyone to bring their full selves to work and to our community meals. We commit to removing barriers that prevent our employees, volunteers and guests from embracing their distinctive and diverse identities.

We want our organisation to reflect the communities we serve.  We welcome applications for everyone and especially encourage people from unrepresented groups to apply. 

Disability Confident Employer: FoodCycle is a Disability Confident Employer and candidates who are disabled and who meet our minimum criteria for the job will be offered an interview.Please state in your application if you identify as disabled and wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview. We can make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.

Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Position Mentor - Women's Trailblazer

Location Flexible - home based with travel across County Durham

Salary £25,664 + excellent benefits

Hours 35 hours per week (flexible working)

Status Fixed term until 31st March 2027

Closing date 14th June 2026

The opportunity

The Wise Group is a leading social enterprise delivering Relational Mentoring across employment, poverty prevention, justice and community support.

This is about more than support. It’s about helping people build trust, stability and stronger futures.

We are looking for a Mentor to join our Durham Women’s Trailblazer service, supporting women facing multiple and interconnected challenges including poverty, poor mental health, trauma, isolation, caring responsibilities and justice involvement.

No two journeys are the same.

Using our Relational Mentoring approach, you will work one-to-one with women to build trusted relationships, identify strengths, reduce barriers and support progress at a pace that works for them. Support may include improving wellbeing, building confidence, reconnecting with services and communities, establishing routines, preparing for training or employment, and strengthening longer-term stability.

You will manage your own caseload and work flexibly across communities, building strong local partnerships and ensuring women can access the right support at the right time.

We’re looking for someone who is confident working with complexity, can build trust quickly, and is motivated by helping people move from crisis towards greater stability, confidence and independence.

What you’ll bring

• Ability to build positive, professional and trusted relationships

• A compassionate, adaptable and solutions-focused approach

• Understanding of trauma-informed and person-centred support

• Confidence supporting people experiencing complex or challenging circumstances

• Strong communication, organisational and digital skills, including Microsoft 365 and CRM systems

• Ability to work independently while managing a varied caseload and competing priorities

Experience within community support, justice, employability, wellbeing or related services is advantageous, but not essential.

Essential requirements

• Full driving licence and access to a car for daily use

• Willingness to travel across County Durham and surrounding communities

• Home broadband to support flexible working

As part of The Wise Group, you’ll join an enterprise committed to innovation and creating lasting change in communities.

View the Role Profile on our website for full details about this opportunity.

About the role 

The King’s Fund is looking for a Content Executive to join our newly established Content and Editorial team on a fixed-term basis. This role offers an exciting opportunity to help bring our strategy and brand to life through powerful, people-centred storytelling that influences health and care policy and practice. 

Working closely with colleagues across the organisation and external suppliers, you will create, commission and manage high-quality multimedia content including videos, animations and podcasts. You will take content projects from concept through to delivery, developing story-led written and visual content, sourcing compelling human-interest stories, and ensuring high editorial, ethical and brand standards throughout. 

About you

You will be confident managing multiple projects at pace, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, and using insight to maximise the impact and reach of content across digital channels. With hands-on experience in multimedia production and a strong interest in digital storytelling, you will play a key role in evolving how The King’s Fund communicates and inspires change across the health and care system. 

Here at the Fund, we actively encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBT+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge as we recognise that diversity makes us stronger. 

The Fund is committed to a hybrid working model that meets the organisation’s needs, while giving staff flexibility to choose between office and home working. Staff are expected to work a minimum of 40% from our central London office and are free to work more days from the office if they prefer. 

How to apply

To apply, please visit our website and read our supplementary guidance documents, then download and fill in our application form. Please also share links or attachments for up to three examples of content you've produced that demonstrate your skills and experience. This might include video, digital or other multimedia content. Further instructions are in the application form.

Please do not send CVs. If completing the application form presents any challenges, contact us so we can discuss options.

Please note that in order to apply, you must have existing documented proof of your right to live and work in the UK.

Closing date for receipt of completed applications is 3 June 2026. 

We regret that we cannot respond individually to all applicants due to the high number of applications we receive. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted for interview. Please note that we are unable to offer feedback to applicants who are not shortlisted for interview.

 Recruitment process

Interviews will be held on 16 June 2026, but the panel can be flexible for a particularly strong candidate. The role is available to start in early July or as soon as possible thereafter. 

24 Month Fixed Term Contract | Full Time | Circa £42,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits

Location: London

Make a Difference Every Day

For more than 100 years, the RAF Benevolent Fund has been supporting the RAF Family. We are a key partner in the Royal Air Force’s mission to look after its people during and after service, ensuring that this service is valued, recognised, and people are supported even when uniforms are eventually shed. We are a national charity with international reach, delivering emotional, financial and practical support wherever and whenever it is needed. Each year, our vital services and support continued to help those serving, families, veterans, and the bereaved, in 30 other countries and in 2024 more than 64,000 people benefitted from the charity’s work.

As an organisation, we encourage learning and development and there will be ample opportunity to learn more about the Royal Air Force, the broad impact of the Fund’s work as well as developing your own skillset. 

Do you want to play a part in what we do?

People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we:

• Provide personalised support to members of the RAF Family – listening carefully, offering guidance, and tailoring our services to individual circumstances so no one is left behind.
• Improve quality of life for serving and former RAF personnel and their families through life-changing financial assistance, housing support, and help with essential living costs.
• Increase independence by enabling members of the RAF Family to live life on their own terms, whether through mobility equipment or housing adaptations.
• Enhance wellbeing for those who serve and have served, and their families, through mental health and emotional support, youth programmes, and restorative respite and holiday breaks.

About the Role

We are looking for a candidate to be responsible for leading the planning, execution, and successful delivery of the CRM migration project. This role involves coordinating with directorates, departments, executive leadership team whilst managing project resources, ensuring data integrity, and minimising disruptions to business operations during the transition to the new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system.

Additional Information

· Must have the right to work in the UK.

How to Apply
Click [here] to submit your CV and a cover letter explaining why you’re the perfect fit, including examples of how you meet the job profile.

Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd June 2026, 5:00pm.

A copy of the Fund’s Candidate Privacy Notice can be found on our website. As an equal opportunities employer, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. The Fund takes safeguarding seriously, and appropriate background checks will be completed. You can find out more about our commitment to safeguarding on our website.

The RAF Benevolent Fund follows Safer Recruitment practices as it strives to ensure that everyone who comes into contact with the Fund will be protected from harm. The successful candidate for this role will need to be Standard DBS checked and prove they have the right to work in the UK. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Fund.

The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund is a Registered Charity (No. 1081009).

Job Title: Pathfinder Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA)

Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours) based across the Black Country

Salary: £25,282.44 - £28,861.62 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)

Closing date: 24 June 2026

BCWA reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date

All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams

Is this you?

This is a challenging role that requires empathy, compassion, excellent interpersonal and caseload management skills, and confidence working with partner agencies and advocating for clients.

The Role:

Pathfinder IDVAs will be the main point of contact and support for victim/survivors and their children in the Family Court process, ensuring that they are well-informed and prepared for proceedings, and that they are well-supported throughout. Pathfinder IDVAs will provide detailed reports for the court to ensure that the impact of domestic abuse on the family as a whole and on the children in particular is fully appreciated and understood. Pathfinder IDVAs will be the ‘subject matter experts’ for the Court in relation to domestic abuse, and will offer advice and training to court officers and staff to promote the better understanding of the dynamics of domestic abuse within the Court setting.

The Pathfinder IDVAs will work with people from Sandwell, Walsall and Dudley areas whose cases are being heard in Wolverhampton or Telford Family Court.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

Job Title: IRIS Advocate Educator

Position available: 1 full-time position (37.5 hours)

Location: Role will involve working in Sandwell, Walsall, Dudley and Wolverhampton communities; when not working in the community, the role holder will be expected to work from the Head Office in Sandwell.

Salary: £25,590.00 - £27,873.84

Closing date: 19 June 2026

BCWA reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient suitable applications.

All interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams

Is this you?

We are looking for a confident, organised and compassionate individual be part of our IRIS service. The post holder will deliver domestic abuse training, work in partnership with health and other agency professionals and provide emotional and practical support, risk assessment and safety planning to standard and medium risk clients.

The Role:

IRIS is a specialist domestic violence and abuse (DVA) training, support and referral programme for general practices. The IRIS Advocate Educator provides in-house domestic abuse training and ongoing consultancy for general practice teams and is an advocate to whom patients can be referred for support. As an Advocate Educator, you will provide tailored practical and emotional support to clients referred by trained GP practices.

You will be part of a national network of IRIS Advocate Educators who deliver training to local GP practices to raise awareness of domestic abuse and improve early identification.

If you are self-driven, conscientious, hardworking with lots of ambition we would love to hear from you.

Citizens Advice Milton Keynes is a local charity that helps people to resolve their legal, money and personal problems. We have been providing free, confidential and impartial advice since 1972 and helped over 8000 local people last year.

We are looking for an organised, reliable and detail-focused person to join our team as Finance Officer.

This is an important operational role within the organisation, responsible for supporting the smooth day-to-day running of our financial systems and processes. The successful candidate will work closely with the Director, Finance Manager and Senior Management Team to help ensure strong financial control across the charity.

The role includes responsibility for:

• Purchase and sales ledger management
• Payroll processing and HMRC submissions
• Bank reconciliations and financial record keeping
• Budget monitoring and financial reporting
• Supporting VAT returns and Gift Aid claims
• Maintaining accurate financial systems and records

This is a varied and responsible role requiring excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential financial information appropriately.

Applicants need to be:

• Computer-literate and confident using financial/accounting systems
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Able to work independently and manage workloads effectively
• Confident communicating with colleagues and external organisations
• Comfortable working with financial information and maintaining accurate records
• Able to identify and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner

A bookkeeping or accounting qualification (such as AAT, IAB or equivalent) would be desirable as would experience of Sage 50, payroll administration or working within a charity finance environment.

The successful applicant will play an important role in supporting the financial stability and ongoing development of the organisation.

Closing date: Wednesday 10th June 2026 at 5pm

Interviews:TBC Please note interviews will be held face to face Clarendon Drive, Wymbush